Weather Minimums

[ysfsim]

I would like to see the weather minimums applied to individual aircraft rather than blanket the airline. Some airlines have various aircraft in their fleet that can handles certain weather differently. It is annoying to be given a weather hold due to poor visibility when I am flying an aircraft that is CAT III certified. I know that I can request a lift on the hold, this will be nicer.

[Travis]

Interesting idea. I don't suppose an aircraft's certification in such could be derived from their radio equipment codes? (E.g., SEHIRWY/S)

(And while on the subject, from time to time I still think on "what would constitute a possible 'CAT II / III' checkride test." Haven't nailed it yet....)

[Travis]

I don't see where it can be derived from the radio codes.

And if we're talking a simple ILS-DME and a radio altimeter, I did a lookup on the FAA's Master Minimum Equipment List for a Boeing and an Airbus. Both are equipped with ILS and RA systems but can be dispatched w/o an ILS operational. So I think we're down to a simple checkbox that an aircraft is so equipped. (And many MSFS aircraft would be.)

I still think it'd be more fun to come up with a must-pass checkride curricula to allow the stated minimums to be bypassed, and to draw firm per-flight minimums dependant on the ILS equipment on each runway. (BGLs only note "CAT II" and "CAT III"... not "IIIa/b/c" so there's only so far we can go.)

And of course if a captain busts a minimum... penalty points.

[Dutch Owen]

I've been thinking about this for some time. There needs to be a set of minimums per aircraft type that can override the company minimums.

Dutch